An Israeli man seized in the October 7 Hamas attack was killed on the same day and his body taken to the Gaza Strip, his kibbutz community said on Friday.
Tamir Adar was believed to be alive and held in Gaza by Palestinian militants, but the Israeli military has now confirmed that he was killed on the day of the attack, the Nir Oz kibbutz said in a statement. “The IDF (army) informed the family that he was murdered on October 7, and since then his body has been kept in Gaza,” the statement said.
Adar, 38, was among some 250 people taken hostage from Israeli border communities and military posts. His grandmother was also among them but has been released. Kibbutz Nir Oz had more than 70 of its around 400 residents abducted in the Hamas attacks — the highest number for a single community.
More than 100 of those abducted have been freed, many exchanged for Palestinian prisoners during a week-long truce that ended on December 1. Israel says 132 captives are still held in Gaza, including at least 24 believed to have been killed. At least three hostages have been mistakenly shot dead by soldiers in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli army.
The Hamas attack resulted in the deaths of around 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on the latest official Israeli figures. Israel’s relentless offensive on Gaza has since killed 22,438 people, also mostly civilians, according to the latest toll from the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
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